Stronger communities start with women.
The First Peoples’ Cultural Council revitalizes cultures and grows the economy while creating skilled jobs for First Nations women.
🟠 Revitalizing mother tongue languages
🟠 Improving livelihoods
🟠 Strengthening communities
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Our response to federal funding in Budget 2024 for Indigenous language revitalization across Canada and the impact on language revitalization efforts in B.C.
Learn more in today's news release from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council: fpcc.ca/budget2024
ALT First Peoples' Cultural Council Budget 2024 Language Funding News Release Learn more: fpcc.ca/budget2024
Funding for the federal government's legislation supporting, protecting and revitalizing Indigenous languages could expire this year, without any extension or renewal of Bill C-91.
FPCC CEO, Tracey Herbert, joined @BCAFN Chief, Terry Teegee, on @globalnews to discuss this important issue, emphasizing the need to obtain long-term sustainable funding to support First Nations language revitalization.
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Tracey Herbert, CEO FPCC, and the BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee join Jennifer Palma to discuss the impending extension or renewal of Bill C-91."
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This International Mothers Languages Day we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our online language platform, FirstVoices.com with the announcement of new features and site design!
Explore the full news release at fpcc.ca/newfirstvoices
We raise our hands to @GordJohns for his advocacy and support in securing long-term sustainable funding for First Nations language revitalization in B.C.
First Nations people have a right to their languages. Investing in cultural revitalization is a step toward reconciliation.
Federal funding for Indigenous language programs must be fair, predictable, sustained & long-term. Revival of language is essential to reconciliation. Allocation of federal @CdnHeritage funding must reflect high concentration of languages in B.C. @_FPCC
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🔊 Language Advocates & Allies, we need your voices!
The federal government is gathering feedback on the 2024 budget. If you have a moment, please complete the survey and highlight "Other - Fund Indigenous language revitalization" as a priority.
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🪶🙌🏾 FPCC celebrates alongside Qualicum First Nation in recognition of the reawakening of their pentl’ach language!
The Province has officially recognized pentl’ach as the 35th First Nations language in B.C.
For more information please visit fpcc.ca/pent'lach
Language nests – like the Qaqauailas Heiltsuk House of Learning – have tripled in number since 2018.
Just one example of how language learning opportunities are on the rise!
For more, see our 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages: fpcc.ca/stories/language-sta…
Our CEO, Tracey Herbert, has been busy in Ottawa advocating for long-term sustainable funding for language, arts and heritage revitalization in B.C. She had a great meeting with @Carolyn_Bennett this morning!
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Roxanne and Cody Dool are raising their children – Keanu, Brody and Ryder – to speak Halq’eméylem in their home.
They represent a rising trend in at-home language use found in our 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages.
Learn more: fpcc.ca/stories/language-sta…
ALT First Peoples' Cultural Council: Language Status Report 2022 Photo of Roxanne and Cody Dool and their children Keanu, Brody and Ryder, who they are raising to speak Halq’eméylem in their home. “It’s really heart-filling for me to know when they grow up they are not going to have to work as hard to learn the language as I did because they just got it growing up.” –– Roxanne Dool, Halq’eméylem learner from Squiala
“Learning our languages isn’t just about communication and the language, these languages come from this land, and they only exist here.”
– Tracey Herbert, FPCC CEO, speaks to @CityNewsVan about the Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages.
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The investments in First Nations language revitalization are paying off, reports the @timescolonist, citing our 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages. Read more, timescolonist.com/local-news…
📺 Our CEO Tracey Herbert was on @CTVMorningLive this morning to discuss our 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages, which found a 20% increase in language learners from 2018. 📈
.@_FPCC CEO, Tracey Herbert explains the results of the latest report showing the effective results of language revitalization funding on CTV Morning Live 📈🗣️
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Our new Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Language highlights the rise of language learning in the family home.
For more, watch this @cbcnewsbc clip featuring Roxanne George, who is speaking Halq’eméylem at home with her family.
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First Nations language learning in B.C. is on the rise.
“There are about 17,000 people learning their First Nations language here in British Columbia,” our CEO Tracey Herbert tells @CBC.
That’s 3,106 more learners than in 2018!
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📰@WindspeakerNews spoke with two families passing their language to the next generation.
Their stories represent a rise in First Nations families in B.C. speaking their language at home – found in our Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages.
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"Elders say to me that our languages are part of our souls, our DNA," says our CEO Tracy Herbert.
Read this @CTVVancouver article about the findings and stories from our Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages.
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🙌🏽 Many thanks to @CFNR_News for covering our 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages and sharing the good news that language learning has increased by more than 20% since 2018!
Number of First Nations Language Learners in BC Grew by 20% Between 2018 and 2022, According to New Report
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Read the 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages, the fact sheet, backgrounder and more at fpcc.ca/stories (10/10)